Finding the One

When my parents made their trip to see us in September, we agreed to have a photo shoot so each family could begin the process of eliminating, debating, and deciding on a Christmas card picture. It was the same day we drove into Windsor, Canada to sight-see, so we had a time constraint, but still managed to take around 500 pictures {how is that possible??}

These pictures are all straight out of the camera, but you can imagine how time consuming it was to narrow 500 down to even 50.

I wanted to show you a few favorites {and outtakes!} from that day.

{and in case you're curious, I chose the roll of wrapping paper  for my cards first and then decided on outfits.

 I just work better going backwards like that.}

But, alas, this one was the winner!

The photo shoot took around three hours, give or take. Harbor kept giving us big smiles, but we had a bag of tricks. Mainly, balloons.

My dad was always in the background, blowing them up and letting them jet out of his hands, soaring just above the camera lens.

A few of them made appearances. 

But I held my ground.

All in the name of a great picture, right?

: )